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Pi Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$40k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$99kHealth$82kHuman Services$40kPublic Safety & Disaster$21kFood & Nutrition$21kPhilanthropy$10kReligion$3kScience & Tech$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$40,280
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ELLIS COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION$40,280
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–19, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LA OLA MINISTRIES - THE WAVE: $20k → 21%LA OLA MINISTRIES - THE WAVE: $20k → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$205k · 3 repeat orgs$131k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
13

Total granted

$205k
$131k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+22%

Still filing today

100%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
PhilanthropyHousing & ShelterHealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • EC
    ELLIS COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $139k · 92% of their budget
  • LO
    La Ola Ministries The Wave
    2× · 2018–2019 · $40k · revenue +122%
  • 2
    22KILL
    2× · 2020–2021 · $26k · revenue -32%

Funded once

  • HN
    HEREDITARY NEUROPATHY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $40k · revenue -28%
  • CA
    CIVIL AIR PATROL
    one grant, 2018 · $21k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
2
Mila's Miracle Foundation

The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…

Health
3
Afe Foundation

We are committed to identifying the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of amniotic fluid embolism and bring our information and resources to healthcare providers and impacted families through our education and support programs.We…

Health
4
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
5
Electronic Privacy Information Center

Epic's mission is to secure the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age for all people through advocacy, research, and litigation.

Civil Rights
6
The National Fragile X Foundation

The national fragile x foundation serves the entire fragile x community to live their best lives by providing the knowledge, resources, and tools until, and even after, more effective treatments and a cure are achieved.

Health
7
We Are Family Foundation

The we are family foundation celebrates the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that inspire and educate people about mutual respect, understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity.

Civil Rights
8
Lauren Marie Levert Foundation to Cure Schizophrenia

The lauren marie levert foundation is dedicated to funding the research and cure for schizophrenia.

Health
9
NR2F1 Foundation

Our mission at nr2f1 foundation is to empower families and individuals living with rare nr2f1 variants through education, advocacy, and research. our vision is that every single family and individual living with rare nr2f1 variants will…

Health
10
I Am Als

The mission of i am als is to accelerate a cure for als by mobilizing collective power to drive urgent policy and systems change.

Health
11
Family Access Fighting for Childrens Rights
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12
Environmental Law Foundation

Environmental Law Foundation's (ELF) mission is to protect the environment, communities, and consumers against harmful toxics and other environmental harms. Our work consistently improves environmental quality for those most at risk by…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 22KILL; the most unlike its peers is La Ola Ministries the Wave. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 16 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
7/8
Grantees still filing
4/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ELLIS COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $139,234 · Housing & ShelterELLIS COUNTY HOMELESS COALITIONCIVIL AIR PATROL: $20,500 · OtherCIVIL AIR PATROLIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFIRST LOOK CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $10,500 · OtherFIRST LOOK CRISIS PREGNANCY …WAXAHACHIE CARE FOOD PANTRY: $10,500 · OtherWAXAHACHIE CARE FOOD PANTRYMANNA HOUSE FOOD PANTRY: $10,000 · OtherMANNA HOUSE FOOD PANTRYWALK IN LOVE INC: $10,000 · OtherWALK IN LOVE INC+3 more: $2,200 · OtherHEREDITARY NEUROPATHY FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · HealthHEREDITARY NE…La Ola Ministries The Wave: $40,000 · Human ServicesLa Ola Minist…22KILL: $25,800 · Philanthropy22KILLCURE MITO FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCURE MITO …AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 · ReligionPARENTAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION: $200 · Civil Rights
Housing & Shelter$139,234Other$83,700Health$40,000Human Services$40,000Philanthropy$30,800Religion$2,500Civil Rights$200

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetELLIS COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $139,234 over 4y, 92% of budgetHEREDITARY NEUROPATHY FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetLa Ola Ministries The Wave: $40,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budget22KILL: $25,800 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCURE MITO FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetAMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

American Online Giving Foundation IncDE6.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Pi Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pi Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Pi Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Pi Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 16 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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